I would like to join all the other suckers who have been duped by Flexi Club.
We had our points with another timeshare company CRI as well as being members of RCI and in all the time we were members of these clubs we were able every year to swop our points for a holiday in various parts of the world without any problems. Until that fateful telephone call from Flexi Club promising us so much more, and their fast talking rep. Van zyl Meiring. I rue the day I was persuaded to "upgrade" at considerable expense I may add. Like some of you I queried the interest that was added every month to my statement with unsatisfactory results, even though a Debt Order had been signed. Is there no Ombudsman we can appeal to?

In 2003 I joined Flexi Club. During presentation you are told to buy a certain number of points. You are also told you are to contribute a certain amount monthly. This monthly contribution you are told is an investment that you later claim back after finishing paying the contract.

There are hidden costs. After some time of joining a letter arrived to say I must pay an amount in excess of a thousand rands. When I enquired from the rep what it was about he told me it was meant to protect the investment against inflation. This amount actually go for accommodation costs.

This year i contacted them now that I finished the five year contract about refund on investment. I was told I have to sell the points privately if I needed money. All these was never explained on joining.

The worrying thing is that you are not

equipped to sell these points and the selling price is low compared to when you buy from them. Alternatively you are referred to a company that sell points and you must pay for them to do that. Nothing they say during presentation comes out being true.

What actually woke me up was the many complaints about them I read on other sites for complaints. This has been a very painful experience in my entire life of dealing with business people.